[Grav!ty]

I purchased VistaBootPRO in an attempt to correct a boot issue. I have Vista but my PC continues to attempt booting from another option provided in the Boot Manager. As a result, I have to manually select Vista.

I was directed by Hawaiian Style Organization LLC to contact you for assistance.

Thank you.

[jbullard]

New Age Tech,

From what I gather this is your problem:

Booting the PC returns a boot screen where you have to select which operating system you want to boot in to.

This is very simple fix. If you open VistaBootPRO and go to the Manage OS Entries page you will see a list of current operating system configured. All you have to do is simply select the other entry that you do not want to click on delete. This will remove the entry from the boot screen so your PC will boot directly into Vista.

Note: Always create a backup prior to performing any steps within VistaBootPRO or using the BcdEdit tool

[New Age Tech]

I already tried this. I think the problem is more complicated. The Boot Manager list three options as follows:

Earlier Windows Version
Microsoft Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup

I think the problem is the latter is not recognized as a true OS so it is overlooked by VistaBootPRO. It does not show up when configuring which OS is the default. When I set Vista as default, I thought it would still overlook the XP Setup but it does not so I run into the same boot issue.

[JabbaPapa]

In the Manage OS Entries tab, you should select Vista and check the Set as Default box -- when you reboot, your computer should automatically boot Vista instead of requiring you to do select it manually.

[New Age Tech]

Your last suggestion was applied already (day one; before seeking outside help). That is my problem. Even after setting Vista as the default, it is not defaulting. I set Vista as the default. The MS XP Professional Setup appears to be ignored completely in by your VistaBootPRO (does not even appear as an option in the table of OS) but it is not being ignored by the Boot Manager (displays in the following order: Earlier Windows Version, Vista, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup). I even added Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup as an option hoping that maybe just the wording would force it to be acknowledged but if only created a duplicate entry of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup.

The only known fix, so far, has been a manual override to select Vista. How, if it is possible, do I get VistaBootPro to acknowledge XP Professional Setup? If this is not possible, is there a way to remove it from the Boot Manager?

[Grav!ty]

The XP Professional Setup menu item is usually created while setup is in progress and persists only if setup was interrupted. You should find a folder with a strange looking numerical name somewhere on your system (you'll need to set folder options to show hidden files and folders and not to hide protected operating system files to be able to see it). If you are going to start Windows XP setup from scratch then simply delete that folder.

To get rid of the XP Professional Setup menu item, go to the Manage OS Entries page of VistaBootPRO and select the menu item and then press the red X on the right to delete it.

[New Age Tech]

I tried searching folders but am not sure what I should be looking for as a folder name/number. As for the latter suggestion, VistaBootPro does not display the XP Professional Setup. The only OS displayed are the Earlier Windows Version and Vista. VistaBootPro is not helping. The best bet seems to be finding the file/folder and removing it. So what do I need to do?

[puterboy]

I had a similiar situation and what I did to correct it was start the pc using trinity or any live cd. Then mount the windows drive and edit the boot.ini file and remove the lines referring to windows xp set up.

[New Age Tech]

I found 2 boot.ini records using code written into NotePad as follows:

;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=c:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
c:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

and:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

Should I remove these files? Would that remove Microsoft Windows XP Professional from the Boot Manager?

[puterboy]

remove these lines so that the setup option is not available.

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=c:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
c:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

The second lines are available to boot windows xp if installed.